Woke up
before work, went pee, stripped off every piece of clothing I had on, then
stepped on the scale. What? You don't weigh yourself completely naked
before you put any food in your body after you've used the restroom just to see the lowest number
possible? Really…
This made me
one happy kiddo. I am not super weight
focused. I am 5'10 and probably should
weigh a bit closer to 150, but I always hover around 160ish (like 158-163) and
I am fine with that. I am healthy, I
run, I try to eat well, and I have a build like a middle linebacker. Seriously you should see the size of my
shoulders and how huge my rib cage is.
I'm kind of scary. Sketchy people
wouldn't want to run into me in a dark alley at night. When I was marathon training I stopped
counting calories though, big mistake (I'm human I make them too), and for the first
time in the last two years put on some weight.
Before that I was famous for yo-yo dieting, but since about 2010 I've
had my stuff together, eaten better, and exercised so I stay about the
same. Well not only did I slack off on
the calorie counting I must have subliminally known it was getting bad so I
slacked off on weighing myself too.
Whoops! By the time I noticed my
clothes weren't fitting right and hoped on a scale I was out of my happy
range. Then I tried to get my sh*t back
on track, but got injured. Which means I'm just now finally getting it all together. I now know that with my personality and the way I am with food it is
best if I calorie count every day and weigh myself multiple times a week. Both of these hold me accountable and even
when I am on track and doing great I will continue to use MyFitnessPal and my scale to
check in and make sure I am doing what I need to be doing, and in truth I'll
probably use them for a very long time just because that works for me. Well enough of that. First time under 160 since Nov. Boo-yah!
So I went off
to work quite happy. When I came home I
didn't have much time before I had to head to night class. I'm taking Spanish 101 at a local Tech
college on M &W nights, don't ask, it is not a pretty story. Urrggghhhh…. (Did I mention I just finished
my Masters degree a year ago and thought I was done with classes forever -
wrong!) However, I had to keep my Runner's World Summer Run Streak going
and also wanted to get in a bit of resistance training so I went to the condo gym
(AKA- super small room with old treadmill, bike, and free weights). I did some resistance training first. I try to mix moves up to keep me going and
turn it into a bit of cardio too. Since I was in a major hurry today I did 5 rounds with 10 reps of each per
round: step ups, squats, V sits, push-ups, overhead presses, and curls. By switching from one move to the next quickly
through each round and then back again in the next round I find I wear myself
out more and take less breaks than I would if I tried to do all 50 push-ups in a
row. I also vary the exercises and
usually do 20 reps for a total of 100, but again stupid night class and time
constraints. Then I did a super fast
interval workout on the treadmill. After
2.5 miles I had an option - get 1 more mile in and go to class in sweaty gym
clothes or shower? Hmmmm….normally I'd
show up sweating like a street walker in church, but this was only class #2 so
I still probably need to try and make a good impression. I cut it short.
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I was super
proud of myself. From the time I hit the condo door, showered, got dressed,
pulled my hair up, put on a bit (very small bit) of makeup, and left the house
was only 15 minutes. Score! I am amazing.
I continued to believe this until I walked into the bathroom before
class and noticed the entire left side of my shirt was covered in white deodorant
streaks. Failure! Well at least they know I wear deodorant and
that I am not (currently) smelly.
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| Hence why I never go out & am the queen of moderation. Helps with calorie counting too. |
Day 8 = 2.5 miles
Total Run Miles = 27.5
Love reading your blog every day. It def helps long distance motivate me. :-) Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThanks. It is keeping me on track for sure and I am so glad to know it is helping you also.
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